On Sunday the Louisiana House approved a bill that bans unmarried couples from entering into surrogacy contracts. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Bobby Jindal. The final version of Senate Bill 162 defines “intended parents” as “married persons,” thus barring unmarried partners and same-sex couples from becoming parents through surrogacy. However, much of the opposition to the …

UPDATE: I’ve removed the Vine video because there doesn’t appear to be a way to disable autoplay. Watch it here. JMG reader Erik sends us the top photo below, the second is from the Instagram account of Buzzfeed reporter Chris Geidner.  That’s Matt Barber at the podium. Porno Pete is to the left of the handicapped sign.

Three years ago I posted somebody’s review of Hard Ton: What would happen if Divine had been captured by disco aliens and later beamed back to modern day Italy? The answer is closer than you think, and maybe you need look no further than Hard Ton, the biggest disco queen of the XXI Century. With a body that can only …

Porno Pete LaBarbera and his clown car of haters are due to picket outside the DC headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign today.  Jeremy Hooper reports that the HRC is laying out the welcome mat.  We’ll have to see if any press attends their press conference this time.

Using the Village Voice’s Backpage.com site, cops in Nassau County lured in 104 men with prostitution offers from undercover male and female officers. The arrested men range in age from 17 to 79. More than 100 johns — lawyers and doctors among them — were named and shamed in an aggressive Nassau County sting after soliciting sex from cops posing …

Gay artist Paul Richmond has created the above painting titled “Noah’s Gay Wedding Cruise: MarriageEvolved Edition.”  Among the “drowning sinners” are Ann Coulter, former Sen. Larry Craig, Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern, and Westboro founder Fred Phelps. Saved on the ark are Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Elton John and David Furnish, and Joshua and Steve Snyder-Hill, the founders …

The 23rd annual installment of Broadway Bares takes place at Times Square’s Roseland Ballroom on June 23rd.   From sea to shining sea, this year’s Broadway Bares will crisscross the country in a racy, raucous road trip, exploring the United States as the 23rd annual edition of the immensely popular modern-day burlesque show delivers Broadway Bares 23: United Strips of America. …

Plot synopsis: In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers follow David Kato – Uganda’s first openly gay man – and his fellow activists as they work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combatting vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers are prepared …

The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling this month. Rulings come on Mondays, so the next possible date is June 10th.

“It’s disturbingly classist and elitist for gay men to think they can love their children unreservedly after treating their surrogate mother like an incubator, or for lesbians to think they can love their children unconditionally after treating their sperm-donor father like a tube of toothpaste. It’s also racist and condescending for same-sex couples to think they can strong-arm adoption centers …

The words “gay” and “homosexual” do not even appear in the linked New York Times article.

The passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg presents New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with quite the dilemma. The option that is being pushed by many in Mr. Christie’s own party would be to name a Republican to hold the seat and then delay an election on a replacement until 2014. This would give his national party an unexpected gift: a reliable …

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Yesterday afternoon the London Gay Men’s Chorus performed Erasure’s A Little Respect outside of the House of Lords.

The House of Lords will vote today on marriage equality. The session is scheduled to begin at 9:30AM Eastern and the vote might come some time around 2:00PM. Watch live here. Today’s is the critical second reading of the bill and the BBC reports on Lord Geoffrey Dear’s proposed “wrecking amendment” to stop the bill from coming to a vote: …

“If you’re wondering what happens in an organization that doesn’t have leadership or moral courage, look no farther than the Boy Scouts of America. After the BSA knuckled under to activists’ demands, the effects are already starting to show. As FRC predicted, it took no time at all for the influence of the radical Left to seep into a group …

The Associated Press reports: Dunkin’ Donuts is adding a doughnut breakfast sandwich to its national menu this week. The sandwich, which comes with fried eggs and bacon between a split glazed doughnut, will become a part of the permanent menu starting June 7, which the chain claims is “National Donut Day.” Dunkin’ Donuts had tested the sandwich in select stores …

Fifteen members of the Illinois House and one state senator have issued a joint apology for the failure of the marriage equality bill to come to a vote. Dear Marriage Equality Advocates, Like you, we are incredibly disappointed about what happened Friday in Springfield. But let’s not forget something very important: Marriage equality is going to happen. As a community, …